Business

The Missouri Department of Economic Development will use $50 million in bond money to help Joplin-area manufacturers recover from the May 22 tornado.Gov.…

The state of Missouri says the number of people missing or unaccounted for since the Joplin tornado is now at 156.Missouri Department of Public Safety…

Arch Coal Inc. says it's started $14.60 a share tender offer for rival International Coal Group.Arch says the offer that started Monday expires June…

Illinois businesses waiting for long-overdue tax refunds aren't getting any good news from the state capitol.Illinois owes about $850 million to roughly…

Peabody Energy Corp. says its profit rose in the first quarter due to higher prices for Australian coal used in steelmaking and increased demand in the…

The "Mancession" of 2009 is finally giving way to a "Mancovery." But the jobs picture for women is going in the opposite direction.Check out this feature…

Updated at 1:10 p.m. March 22, 2011 with comment from Nixon.Missouri is receiving $27 million in federal money to boost small business growth and job…

The artistic community of St. Louis' Cherokee Street is looking for someone creative to put their own mark on the area. Via the Cherokee Street News, the…

AT&T Inc. is about to become the largest cellphone company in the U.S. The company says it will buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom AG in a…

The number of black-owned businesses in Missouri increased sharply, by 47 percent, from 2002 to 2007, the St. Louis Business Journal reports.Those numbers…